A U.S. district judge ruled late Wednesday night that a controversial anti-immigrant bill in Texas could not take effect on Friday, giving relief to millions of residents in a state still reeling from the ramifications of a devastating hurricane.
“There is overwhelming evidence by local officials, including local law enforcement, that SB 4 will erode public trust and make many communities … [Read more...]

“Money can’t bring back my four years I spent in hell,” one refugee said.Protestors against asylum seekers being deported, gather for a rally in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 4, 2016. CREDIT: AP Photo/Rob GriffithThousands of people have suffered under Australia’s harsh detention and immigration policies. Now, the country is paying — a lot. In a settlement decision with 1,905 claimants detained on … [Read more...]

Families say a boy with special needs and a young girl were treated violently by officers at two different schools.CREDIT: ScreenshotDallas Independent School District is under fire after two separate violent incidents in the last week.Yosio Lopez, a 7-year-old student with special needs, was reportedly handcuffed and tasered by police while at school last Tuesday. According to CNN, police … [Read more...]

Camera footage reveals car was not driving in “an aggressive manner.”CREDIT: TwitterPolice now say the car carrying a black ninth grader was driving away from them when they shot into it, rather than towards them.At a press conference on Monday, Jonathan Haber, the police chief for the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs, Texas, walked back earlier comments made by the police department about the … [Read more...]

CREDIT: Senate TV via APLast night, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) spoke out against the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) for attorney general, reading a letter from Coretta Scott King. In a highly unusual move, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) led a vote to silence Warren — a rebuke not extended to several of her male colleagues. It follows an old and very sexist playbook.CREDIT: AP … [Read more...]

CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan VucciDonald Trump held his first press conference in nearly six months in which he failed to address his conflicts of interest, suggested CNN was a fake news site, and was forced to respond to a shocking-if-true dossier that was published last night.CREDIT: AP Photo/Zach GibsonIt’s no surprise Trump held his press conference at the same time as his cabinet appointees undergo … [Read more...]

CREDIT: Credit: Albin Lohr-Jones/Pool via CNP/MediaPunch/IPXThe EPA has finally admitted that fracking can contaminate drinking water, but that’s unlikely to shift the views of Donald Trump’s incoming administration. This week has already seen the addition of another climate change denier to the cabinet, and more could be coming.Keeping that in mind, the fact that climate change forced over a … [Read more...]

CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn KasterDonald Trump is getting some positive press over his deal to save jobs at one Indiana company. Unsurprisingly, the truth is a lot less rosy.Trump also promised to no longer participate in his company’s business dealings once he’s president — but that doesn’t solve anything.CREDIT: AP Photo/Ramon EspinosaSo much for your favorite Canadian progressive … [Read more...]

CREDIT: AP ImagesLast night, racism won. People of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, Muslims, immigrants, and many others are terrified — minorities across the country are preparing themselves for a spike in hate crimes.CREDIT: AP Photo/Marco UgarteThe world is reacting to Trump’s victory pretty much the way you would expect.Reading ListLast night had very few highlights, but the women of color who … [Read more...]

Spain received a warning in May that the Islamic State group was planning an attack in Barcelona but decided it lacked credibility, Catalan regional authorities said Thursday. The daily El … [Read More...]

A company that suffered an explosion at a chemical plant close to Houston has said it “fully expects” more fires - potentially as many as eight - as a result of flooding overwhelming the … [Read More...]

Mosques across the state of Texas are being turned into shelters for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. The Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH), which represents 21 Islamic centres in … [Read More...]

White House

Police in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona say a white van has jumped the sidewalk in the city’s historic Las Ramblas district, injuring several people. Police cordoned off the broad … [Read More...]

A white supremacist who helped organise the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has appeared on camera crying as he describes his fear of arrest. Chris Cantwell, a racist … [Read More...]

Supreme Court

New York MagazineFive Years Later, States That Rejected the Medicaid Expansion May Get Their RewardNew York Magazine... that Just Said No will be (relatively speaking) rewarded. We would not … [Read More...]

NewsweekPort of Seattle files US Supreme Court brief opposing travel banKent ReporterThe Port of Seattle has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court, urging the court to … [Read More...]